Exhibition
After more than four decades in the spotlight, the NFSA is celebrating the career of an Australian music icon.
Collection
This year marks 45 years since the official opening of the Sydney Opera House on 20 October 1973 – 14 years after construction began.
The Opera House holds a special place in the hearts and minds of...
Collection
Australia's Working Class Man, Jimmy Barnes, has been performing in front of audiences for more than four decades as a solo artist and with Cold Chisel, and he shows no signs of slowing down.
He has...
Collection
For a generation of Australian music fans, Cold Chisel are the Aussie pub rock band who broke the mould and whose songs are celebrated as anthems.
Cold Chisel formed in Adelaide, South Australia in...
Collection
From punk-rockers to pop darlings, these Oral History interviews highlight the depth and diversity of Australian music.
The collection showcases some of the musicians that have featured in the NFSA...
Article
Cold Chisel are the quintessential Aussie band who wrote the soundtrack for a generation.
Article
Just about every craze, fad and fashion in popular music has generated a recording of Waltzing Matilda.
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We're shining a light on the phenomenal career of Australian rock legend Jimmy Barnes.
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We pay tribute to one of Australia’s greatest rock voices.
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Our 100th curated collection is all about the 1980s, and it stars Charles and Diana, Kylie and Dannii Minogue, Edna Everage, David Attenborough, Linda Burney, Ken Done, Michael Hutchence and many,...
